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GET ORGANISED @ WORK Your rights at work Am I entitled to a written contract of employment? Except where your employment lasts a month or less, your employer should give you written particulars of employment within 2 months of starting. This is your employer’s version of your contract. If you disagree with anything, object to your employer, eg insist they take out any paragraph giving them the right to change the contract. Can my employer change my contract? A contract is a two-sided agreement. It cannot be changed without agreement between both sides. However, some employers look for ways to force changes on workers. They might slip a term into a written contract, the written particulars or a company handbook reserving the right to change the contract. They might dismiss you and offer you a new contract of employment, containing the terms they want to impose. They might unilaterally impose different terms (without dismissing you). Please ensure that detrimental changes to your contract do not go unchallenged and seek the guidance of your workplace representative immediately. What rest breaks am I entitled to? The Working Time Regulations 1998 provide statutory rights to a rest break for most workers in Britain. The regulations entitle you to: • A 20 minute rest break for every 6 hours worked (drivers of vehicles over 3.5 tonnes should have a break of 45 minutes after 4.5 hours of driving • 11 consecutive hours of rest per 24 hour period • 1 day off each week (this day off should be taken with the 11 hours referred to above, meaning that you are entitled to at least 35 consecutive hours off work once a week). 8 GMB Yorkshire and North Derbyshire Region
GET ORGANISED @ WORK Is my employer allowed to make deductions from my pay? No deduction may be made from your wages unless either: • It is allowed by your contract or • You have agreed in writing to the deduction or • It is allowed by statute, for example deductions for PAYE tax and national insurance. Am I entitled to bank holidays? Only bank workers themselves are entitled to bank holidays. For all other workers there is no automatic right to take bank or public holidays as paid or unpaid leave, or to take time off in lieu. Any right to do so depends on the terms of your contract. There may be express terms in your contract giving you a right to time off on some or all bank and public holidays. There may also be terms implied by custom and practice. Can I request flexible working? You may have a statutory right to request flexible working to care for a child, or since 6 April 2007, to care for an adult. To qualify for the right to request you must be an employee (ie someone with a contract of employment, so some casual or temporary workers may be excluded). You must also have at least 26 weeks of continuous employment with your employer. The request must be made and considered under a special procedure. How do I qualify for a redundancy payment? To qualify for a statutory redundancy payment you must: • Be an employee and • Have 2 years’ continuous employment with your employer at the date of dismissal and • Have been dismissed by reason of redundancy. Can my employer stop me joining a trade union? No. Every worker has the fundamental civil right to join a trade union and take part in its activities. If your employer penalises you for joining a trade union you can complain to the employment tribunal. www.gmbyorkshire.org.uk 9
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